Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

kūpa कूप – pit

substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary substantive masculine · substantive neuter

substantive masculine

pit

substantive neuter

well

Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

kū́pa ·m. hole, cave, well.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

kūpa kūpa, as, m. (said to be fr. rt. 3. ku; according to others perhaps fr. 1. ku and ap; cf. anūpa, dvīpa), a hole, a hollow, a cave; a well; a post to which a boat or ship is moored; a mast (?); a tree or rock in the midst of a river; a leather oil vessel; (ī), f. a small well; the navel; a flask, a bottle; [cf. Gr. κύπη.]

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive masculine

kū́pa 1〉 m. Uṇ. 3,27. a〉 Grube, Höhle NAIGH. 3,23. H. an. 2,293. MED. p. 3. tri̱taḥ kūpe 'vàhitaḥ ṚV. 1,105,17. AV. 5,31,8. kūpā iva hi sarpāṇāmāyatanāni ŚAT. BR. 4,4,5,3. śīrṣaṃścatvāraḥ kūpāḥ ŚAT. BR. 3,5,4,1. ŚAT. BR. 3,6,1,13. ŚAT. BR. 3,7,1,6. ŚAT. BR. 6,3,3,26. MBH. 1,716. MBH. 1,719. fg. asṛgviṇmūtrakūpapatita BHĀG. P. 3,31,17. Vgl. kaṭikūpa, roma˚. — b〉 Brunnen AK. 1,2,3,26. H. 1091. H. an. MED. SUŚR. 1,169,12. M. 4,202. M. 8,262. M. 11,163. yastu rajjuṃ ghaṭaṃ kūpāddharet M. 8,319. kūpe paśya payonidhāvapi ghaṭo gṛhṇāti tulyaṃ jalam BHARTṚ. 2,41. anyo'nyaṃ pratipakṣasaṃhatimimāṃ lokasthitiṃ bodhayanneṣa krīḍati kūpayantraghaṭikānyāyaprasakto vidhiḥ MṚCCH. 178,7. VET. 22,6. VET. 22,7. ṚT. 1,23. cāṇḍālakūpa PAÑCAT. III, 194. kūpodaka HIT. I, 186. — c〉 ein Pfosten, an dem ein Boot, ein Schiff angebunden wird (gṛṇavṛkṣa, nach Einigen: Mast) TRIK. 3,3,276. H. an. MED. — d〉 ein Fels oder Baumstamm in einem Flusse UṆĀDIK._im_ŚKDR. — e〉 Oelschlauch. — f〉 = mṛnmāna(?) H. an. MED. — 2〉 f. kūpī a〉 ein kleiner Brunnen. — b〉 Nabel. — c〉 Flasche WILS. — kūpa ist viell. nach der Analogie von anūpa und dvīpa in 1. ku + ap Wasser zu zerlegen.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

kūpa 1〉b〉 ŚĀṄKH. GṚHY. 5,2. — 2〉b〉 vgl. tundakūpī. — c〉 BHĀVAPR._im_ŚKDR. — Vgl. andha˚, kaṇṭha˚, roma˚.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive masculine

kū́pa — 1〉 m. — a〉 Grube, Höhle. — b〉 Brunnen. — c〉 *ein Pfosten zum Anbinden eines Bootes oder Mast. — d〉 *ein Fels oder Baumstamm in einem Flusse. — e〉 *Oelschlauch. — f〉 *= mṛnmāna. — 2〉 *f. kūpī — a〉 ein kleiner Brunnen. — b〉 Nabel. — c〉 Flasche.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

kūpa II. 1〉c〉 ˚daṇḍa m. Mast DAŚAK. (1883) 1,2. [Nachtrag, Band 7]

Apte 1890 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

kūpaḥ [kuvaṃti maṃḍūkā asmin, ku-pak dīrghaśca Uṇ. 3. 27] 1 A well; kūpe paśya payonidhāvapi ghaṭo gṛhṇāti tulyaṃ jalaṃ Bh. 2. 49; so nitarāṃ nīcosmīti tvaṃ khedaṃ kūpa mā kadāpi kṛthāḥ . atyaṃtasarasahṛdayo yataḥ pareṣāṃ guṇagrahītāsi Bv. 1. 9; proddīpte bhavane tu kūpakhananaṃ pratyadyamaḥ kīdṛśaḥ Bh. 3. 88. 2 A hole, cave, hollow, cavity; as in jaghanakūpa; Śi. 7. 74. 3 A leather oil-vessel. 4 A post to which a ship is moored. 5 A tree or rock in the midst of a river. 6 A mast; kṣoṇīnaukūpadaṃḍaḥ Dk. 1. — pī 1 A small well. 2 A flask, bottle. 3 The navel. Comp. — aṃkaḥ, -aṃgaḥ horripilation. — kacchapaḥ, -maṃḍūkaḥ, --maṃḍūkī (lit.) a tortoise or frog in a well; (fig.) an inexperienced person, one who has had no experience of the world at large, a man of limited ideas who knows only his own neighbourhood; oft. used as a term of reproach. — yaṃtraṃ a water-wheel, a contrivance for raising water from a well. ˚yaṃtraghaṭī-ghaṭikā a bucket or pot attached to the water-wheel to draw up water. ˚yaṃtraghaṭikānyāya see under nyāya.

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

kū́pa m. Grube, Höhle, Brunnen.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

kūpa kūpa m. trou, fosse, cavité; puits, citerne. Gr. ϰύπη. Mât; arbre ou rocher au milieu d'une rivière. kūpaka m. creux, cavité; mare; puits, citerne; creux au bas des reins; sillon formé par la croupe d'un animal; outre de cuir. Mât de navire; poteau pour amarrer les navires; arbre ou roc dans une rivière. Bûcher funéraire. kūpāṅga m. et kūpāṅka m. hérissement des cheveux ou des poils qui se dressent. kūpāra m. la mer. kūpikā f. roc dans une rivière.

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